He felt his glove mercilessly nail its intended target – and while he was somewhat surprised it didn’t floor Luffy in an instant so much as just dazed him and delayed him from stringing together a retaliatory combination, Mac took what he could get and geared himself to launch a cross punch squarely into the other’s nose. But the bell suddenly jarred him from his trance – and freezing up, his heart thudding viciously hard against his ribs, he then dropped his stance and retreated to his corner where Ami would be awaiting him. He dropped into his stool, tingling with adrenaline and the beginnings of tiredness.